Eh, I don't know if it is as much a statement about "the members of OC.net" in general... maybe just the statistical outliers (don't worry - present company included )

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Yes, well - the size of this particular thread isn't grabbing the attention of members of the board like the board count was when this thread was originally started... I guess now it's more of a local-interest story: local to the loony bin.

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I like the Visa spoof commercial that's on google (the indecent proposal by the boyfriend, with the intercom on...)

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Yes, an oldie but a goodie - in the words of the above-linked site,"if i could dance like daler i would never leave the dance floor. if i could sing like daler, i'd never let go of the microphone. if i was as photogenic as daler, i'd always be in front of the camera. i am not one of these things. daler is them all."

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Yes, it's a good thing we showed you a sample of the horrible dancing to offset your envy at not having Real Player...

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"half-bit?" I think I'm going to need a definition on that one, serbski!

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so genetic makeup is possibly affecting the guys facial expressions... that isn't unprecedented.I'm just weondering if the dancing is also a genetic screw-up... cmon, nature or nurture?

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is it just a response of free will? that would become the motivating factor for him to begin to gyrate... but the nature of how he is dancing is what I'm trying to get to the heart of - nature or nurture, or both, or neither.... (I love bringing this up - it was the constant battleground in all my Psych classes)

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It's not like I want to discriminate against the guy... but understanding the sources of such displays will allow us to target a method to prevent their further occurance....

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silly serbs - do what the russians do, and shoot, stab, poison, choke, chain to a carpet and throw in the river!

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is the 1000th post on this thread. What a nice way to sum up the entire dialogue here, EA.

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"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."" Isaac Asimov

i dont think i've posted in this thread yet...but from just this 69th page (since i got no time to read 69 pages of nuttin), let me just say that i LOVE dasani, it's all i drink if i can help it, and if that means im playing into the hands of terrorists, then so be it!

anyone who would add stuff their drinks just to get the people semi-addicted should be banned....

now... where's my Coke?

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well mountain dew has a ton of added caffeine to it, which you wouldn't think because it isn't the same color as the cola drinks that usually have all the caffeine...all i know is, dasani is refreshing, wonderful, and as i said, almost all i drink.